Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-02


but are there not business-women, too,
in the world? Certainly; for the man.
agement of household is as much .
matter Of business as the management
OF shop or Of eounting-house. 1t
requires method. accuracy, organizes
ton. industry. economy. discipline,
tact, knowledge and capacity for adapt
ing means to ends. All this is of the
essence of business, and hence business
habits ought to be cultivated BY girls
who aspire to succeed in life. Mr..
Bright has said of boys: Teach boy
arithmetic thoroughly. and he is made
man" Why? Because it teaches him
method. accuracy, value, proportions,
relations But does not a girl require
to learn arithmetic as much as does a
boy? She does; for when she becomes
a wife. if she is not up to her business
that is. the management of her do
mestic affairs in conformity with the
simple principles of arithmetic-she
will. through sheer Ignorance, be La
bic to commit extravagances which
NAV be most injurious to her family
peace and comfort. Method. which is
the soul of business, is also of great
Importance in the home. The unpunc-
tual woman, like the unpunctual man,
occasions dislike because she consumes
and wastes time. To the business
man time Ii money; but to the bust
ness-woman method is more-it is
peace. comfort and domestic prosperity.
The dying pauper. in the old story.
was told by the beadle that Heaven
was not for 1.-The like of him." and that
he ought TO be very thankful to have
another place to 90 to. If home is
what women make ii, not a few hus-
bands have to reflect with sorrow that
there is no heaven of domestic felicity
for 1.-The likes of them
The cause of many mans ruin has
been the muddle in his own house, the
responsiveness of his own fireside, SO
that he has been driven to find an APP
pearance of chcerfulness in the inn ana
public house. While he has been learn
ing habits Of dissipation that have cul-
minated in the ruin of his body and es-
tate, his wife, meanwhile, sitting at
home nursing her wrath to keep it
warm has become soured and chron-
ically ill-tempered. A man must be a
miracle of patience if, on returning
from the fatigues Of his daily labor,
nnA Gn1in~ ll,.l- 81 "a
room in litter, his children squalling.
and his wife vexed and annoyed at her
incapacity to correct the muddle. he is
not also touched with the like infirmity
and becomes fretful and impatient A
G. IAN, fresh and well-ordered house ex-
ercises over its inmates moral no less
than physical influence. and has a
direct tendency to make the members
of the family sober. peaceable and con-
siderate of the feelings and happiness
Of each other.
In n cemetery little white stone
marked the grave of loved little girl.
and on the stone was chiseled these
words: "A child of whom her play
mates said 1t was easier to be good
when she was with US.
A similar epitaph might be placed
over the grave of every woman. who.
when alive, was center of order.
Even if a girl never is destined to mar
~ or manage a home of her own, hab-
its of order are no less necessary. She
probably has not much money. and
finds it difficult to get new clothes.
Care and tidiness make old garments
look better than thu new ones Of rich
girls who take no care of them. A
gown brushed and folded, or a hat or
bonnet regularly put away safe from
dust as soon rs done with. will look
well four times as long as one that is
thrown aside anywhere when taken off.
DO not. then. even in reference to Your |
own personal belongings, despise that
good old rule: Have place for every |
thing. and always put every thing in !
its place When choosing wife a
man should. without letting her know
she was being tested. ask the girl he is
of to find him something be-
longing to her in the dark. If she is,
as she ought to be, center Of order.
she will easily be able to do so.
Women complain that it is more diff
cult for them to get work than it is for
men. The editor of provincial paper
was talking to me the other day about
the LARGE uumher of Ms stories sant
to compete for prizes which he had to
read. Knowing that he had two clever
daughters. l suggested that they might
help him. Yes" he said. ..they
might, and they have at different
times undertaken to do so: but they
will never do just what ask them as
want it done. and at the right time.
My daughters vex me with their I'M
hnI..,l xrax-e ~ |